The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-01-23

branches.
A magnificent basket of flowers, con-
sisting of Jacqueminot and Cornelia Cook
roses, hyacintne, lilies of the valley and
smilax-stood on the mantle in the receP-
| ton room at the State House laat Tuesday,
| sent to Governor Green with the congratu-
lations Of four brother Congressmen--
| Speaker Carlisle, Samuel ]. Randall, VIM.
McAdoo and 7. r. Cobb.
Speaker" Baird, and Reading Clerk
| Potts have anticipated any coming at
tempt to GUST them by drawing the most Of
9he pay to which they will be entitled at
the end of the session. Potts has got pos
session of 81 900 from the State Treasury,
| and B ard is said to have drawn the whole
of his Speakers pay. Potts says the story
is not trae.
-Of the chairman of the House standing
committees, twelve are Democrats, six re-
publicans and two Labor msn. OF the
chairmen of the joint committees nine are
Democrats, three Republicans and two La
Dor men. Ten out of the twenty commit
tees have three members out cf five who
are Democrats, five have three Republican
assemblymen upon them aud five will be
controlled by Republicans and Labor men
together.
-"Sam" Klotz says for Kinney, the ex-
DU1boI ITOlu OuSS6A, tudb u0 WIS 1uuuCou
to vote to send Mr. Turleys case to COM :
mittee on the assurance of the man who
disgraces the Speakers chair, that the COM
mttee should consist of three sound Dem
ocrats and two Republicans. saw Mr..
Kinney the evening after this vote was
taken, and he explained his action, and
said at once he would vote to seat Mr..
Walter and to keep Mr.. Turley in"
The Hudson County Democratic Club
didn't attend the inauguration in body
because they couldn't make big enough
splurge to please Fuss and Feathers VOL
bert For the excursion $3.50 was sub
scribed at the Court House, and there was
$3.50 in the Clubs treasury With this
money the expenses of LOO men could have
been comfortably betrayed, especially as
free transportation was offered them. But
Wolbert wouldn't go with less than 300
men and 81, 900 st his command.
The Newark s. Evening News says
that just as the Joel Parker's of that city
sat down to their repast at the Windsor
Hotel at Trenton last Monday evening,
Speaker Baird appeared in the doorway
Every eye was turned onihim, and not very
gentle murmers of Doodle Baird were
heard on all Sides Col. W. H. Hamilton
rose from his seat, and in diguified tone
said: 81 wish you to understand, sir,
that this is Democratic gathering
Several other members sprang from their
seats, and had not Dr. Baird beat hasty
retreat personal encounter would have
resulted
The Republican press is making
great howl on the seating of Walters.
Don't they know that his certificate of eiec5
ton entitled Mr.. Walter of right to his
seat And that an assault upon his title
was an assault upon the title of every AS
| Al. -. o.
made constitutionally the judge of the cleo
ton and return of its members" Till
MIR. Walters certificate was received, no
return had been made from Walters dis
| trlct; and till he was seated he was not
| ssmember" So the House acquired no
| jurisdiction in the case till MIR. Walters
certificate had been filed and he admitted
| to the privileges of membership.
| - Assemblyman Frank McDermitt's
move against "Speaker' Baird, the other
| day, was probably another of the Essex
Assemblyman's 'sfakes" 1t is very ques-
tionabls whether the House has the right
to remove a Speaker, once he Is elected,
! except on charges. 1t seems to be against
| public policy to make the Speaker the
creature of the whims of an accidental ma
| iority; and the State Constitution itself
| evidently contemplates years tenure for
him in providing that s'the Speaker of the
| Assembly shall, in virtue of his Office, re-
ceive an additional compensation equal to
one-third of his allowance as member.
But if the House chooses to bounce
s'Speaker" Baird, who shall call 1t to ao-
COUNT 1t is supreme in its own sphere
i The Philadelphia sLedger" explains
the circumstances under which John Pa
Stocktons seat in the; United States SEN
ate was taken from him in 1865. Joint
meeting stood Al Democrats and 40 Repub
licans. but there were boilers and kick
up. At that time the Legislatures of the
States were empowered to fix their own
| rules for the selection of Senators. The rule
in force here when Stockton was ballet ID
Into the Senate provided that majority of
the votes of all the members of the two
/ Houses should be necessary to choice.
1t was found that if the rule remained that
way there could be no choice made, and it
was modified so as to enable plurality
of votes to make an election. Stockton
in joint meeting secured 40, Ten Eyck 81,
Wall, Vroom, Frelinghuysen and Little ),
one each. Stockton was given the COM
mission without objection from any quar-
ter, but when he went to take his seat at
Washington, he found protest against his
seating filed there. The single question
involved was whether the change of the
majority ruls to q plurality nule on that
occasion was q valid exercise of power BY
the joint meeting. Looking at the matter
now, at this distance of time, there can be
no doubt that it was, and so the Judiciary
Committee of the U. s. Senate reported at
the time, yet party feeling ran SO high then
that Mr.. Stockton wes unseated. one Sena-
tor breaking his ''pair" in order to help
that result, and Mr. Stockton on that ac-<
count being forced to vote Tor himself
This vote was subsequently, declared by
the Senate not permissible. This contest
led to the enactment by Congress of the
uniform IAla for Sauatnrial eIactiors thoA